Near-Miss asteroid is not "made of fucking horsemeat!" rants astronomer

And nor does it have any connection with burgers or lasagne. "That would just be ridiculous," said an exasperated Professor Bob Stansfield.

The near miss, anticipated to occur a week from now has prompted some pretty outlandish theories, such as, that the rogue asteroid may actually be composed of a giant horsemeat burger with a core of frozen lasagne.